An East Texas man needed help from his family and community in raising money to help him in his fight against cancer, and got it in the form of a Camaro.
In April, Carl Akins of Big Sandy was diagnosed with stage-4 colon cancer.
"It had spread to my liver, it didn't look good. As we got into it we we're just amazed at the people that began to support us," Akins says.
He needed special care at Houston's M.D. Anderson hospital, but was told he had to have 28-thousand dollars just to get into the door. Family, friends and community held every fundraiser they could, but it wasn't enough. Then Akins son-in law, Garland Harroff, donated a surprise. His 1989 classic Camaro that he had spent 40-thousand dollars restoring.
"When we got the news, I thought it was the best thing to do at the time," Harroff says.
"It was so touching because the first man in my life was being helped by the man of my life now," said Garlands wife Leslie.
"What son in law does that? What son-in-law donates a car?" Akins says.
The Camaro was raffled at 17-thousand dollars. It was won by family friend?Dr. Cary Dan, who then pulled another surprise. He gave it back.
"There was no way I was going to keep that car so we dragged it on for?a few days until we got here in town and then let them know we weren't going to keep it. It was like Christmas day when we handed the keys back to Leslie and Garland," Dan says.
"I absolutely did not see it coming," adds Garland.
The gesture on the part of both men, is something Akins will always remember. With this kind of support, Akins feels he can't lose.
"You don't realize how much it helps until you're on the receiving end," he says.
Akins is in chemo-therapy for another 8 weeks, and fully expects to win his fight against cancer.
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Source: http://www.kltv.com/story/19026840/camaro-donation-helps-cancer-fundraising
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